Jay L Myers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054861 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jay L Myers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jay L |
| FAMILY NAME | Myers |
| SIGNATURE | MYERS J L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fixin’ To
The Southern American English expression fixin’ to has its roots in the lexical verb to fix. Syntactic and semantic tests are offered to argue that fixin’ to clearly belongs in the family of American English quasi-modals, which also includes be bound to, be going to, and be supposed to. It is hypothesized that the expression bears a special semantic value implying that the speaker (1) is aware of and has evaluated a situation; (2) acknowledges a …
Fixin’ To
The Southern American English expression fixin’ to has its roots in the lexical verb to fix. Syntactic and semantic tests are offered to argue that fixin’ to clearly belongs in the family of American English quasi-modals, which also includes be bound to, be going to, and be supposed to. It is hypothesized that the expression bears a special semantic value implying that the speaker (1) is aware of and has evaluated a situation; (2) acknowledges a …
Fixin’ To
The Southern American English expression fixin’ to has its roots in the lexical verb to fix. Syntactic and semantic tests are offered to argue that fixin’ to clearly belongs in the family of American English quasi-modals, which also includes be bound to, be going to, and be supposed to. It is hypothesized that the expression bears a special semantic value implying that the speaker (1) is aware of and has evaluated a situation; (2) acknowledges a …
Acknowledgement (1 works) · American English (1 works) · Causative (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Expression (computer science (1 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (1 works) · Lexicon (1 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works)